noun, masculine/pɑ̃.da/plural: pandas
panda
Related: panda éclatant, panda fuligineux, panda géant, panda roux, petit panda
Of unclear ultimate origin but probably from the second element of nigálya-pónya, a form recorded by Brian Houghton Hodgson and possibly ultimately derived from regional Tibetan ཕོ་ཉ (pho nya), whose usual meaning is “messenger”.